Heroin hidden in decoration pieces seized at Lahore airport.

LAHORE -- The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) thwarted on Wednesday a narcotics smuggling bid at the Allama International Airport Lahore, reported media.

According to a spokesperson for the ANF, officials at the airport's cargo office checked a suspicious parcel and discovered heroin concealed in small decoration pieces. The seized drug weighed 2.214 kilogrammes, he said.

Shahid Riaz, a resident of Lahore, had booked the parcel that was to be sent to London.

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